Presidency College Chennai

Home Sitemap RTI Help Desk A + - த மிழ் Home About Us Administration Academia COE Co-Curricular Services Committee PG Admission 2026 Gallery NIRF RTI EMS Contact Us News Online Application - Click here to view PG Admissions 2026 - Tentative Schedule - Click here to view History About Us History About Us History Vision and Mission Principal Desk List of Principal Goal and Objective Administration Gallery Organogram Annual Report Our Origin & Growth It had taken, decades for the College to take shape. At the behest of Sir Thomas Munro a Committee of public instruction was formed in 1826. In 1836 the duties of the Committee of public instruction was taken over by "The Committee of Native Education." The plan drawn up by the Committee did not commend themselves to Lord Elphinstone who in turn proposed nineteen resolutions which were passed unanimously. The gist of the resolutions was as follows:"That it is expedient that a Central Collegiate Institution or University should be established at Madras". "The Madras University to consist of two principal departments, a College for the Higher Branches of Literature, Philosophy and Science, and a High School for the Cultivation of English Li